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Our podcast this week is a little late. We try to get it out every tuesday but like EA's botched launch of Sim City we we're plagued with technical issues. Thankfully we did not have to rerecord our show just spend an extra amount of time in post-production. This is our first episode with two microphones and a new software that we are unsure if it is going to work. In this weeks episode we talk about some strange news in science about rats, tadpoles, and robots. Also SYFY channel and it's new... Topics: robots, SYFY, Call Of Duty, Rats, Tadpoles, Tremors, Weird Science

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LibriVox recording of The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children, by Jane Andrews. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. "You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous "old woman who lived in the shoe," has so many children that she doesn't know what to do. But you will know better when you become acquainted with her, and learn how strong she is, and how active; how she can really be in fifty places at once, taking care of a sick tree, or a baby flower just born; and, at the same... Topics: librivox, children, audiobooks, earth science, nature, trees, flowers, coral, starfish, amber,... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text

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Prey animals often need to learn the identity of unknown predators, and not surprisingly, nearby conspecifics provide a rich source of information about both the identity and risk level posed by unknown predators. Individuals that learn from watching conspecifics that show a weak response to a predator often learn that the predator is a mild threat, while those that observe conspecifics that show a strong response to the predator, learn that the predator is a high-level threat. This means that... Topics: University of Oxford, EGI, weaver bird, common tern, social learning, tadpoles, temple grandin

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Here is a close-up view of dark 'tentacles' or 'tadpoles' moving towards the solar surface in this solar flare of April 21, 2002 seen by TRACE. One theory proposed in this press release is that they are due to voids created by magnetic reconnection in the flare. This version of the visualization displays the instrument clock time tags. Note: This movie shows the dark 'tadpoles' forming as the active region develops. Animator: Tom Bridgman (GST). Scientist: Edward E. DeLuca (SAO), David McKenzie... Topics: Active Region 9906, Coronal Loop, Magnetic Reconnection, Solar Tadpoles, Space science, Sun, Earth... Source: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?2717

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Here is a close-up view of dark 'tentacles' or 'tadpoles' moving towards the solar surface in this solar flare of April 21, 2002 seen by TRACE. One theory proposed in this press release is that they are due to voids created by magnetic reconnection in the flare. This version of the visualization does not display the instrument clock time tags. Note: This movie shows the dark 'tadpoles' forming as the active region develops. Animator: Tom Bridgman (GST). Scientist: Edward E. DeLuca (SAO), David... Topics: Active Region 9906, Coronal Loop, Magnetic Reconnection, Solar Tadpoles, Space science, Sun, Earth... Source: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?2718